Shipping-pail



H H O SHIPPING PAIL.

(No l.)

No. 408,108. Patented July 30, 1889.

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HEZEKIAI-I HOWE, OF CORTLAND, NEW YORK.

SHIPPING-PAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.408,108, dated. July 30,1889.

Application filed May 25, 1889.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HEZEKIAH llown, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Cortland, in the county of Cortland and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Pails; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to pails for shipping butter, milk, andanalogous articles; and it consists in the construction and combinationof parts, as hereinafter more fully pointed out and described.

Referring to the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of myimproved pail, showing a portion of the inside and the outside liningbroken away. Fig. 2 is a central sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail viewof the cover, showingthe two sections thereof detached. Fig.4 is a sideview showing a slight .inodification in the construction of the pail, aportion of the exterior and interior casings being broken away; and Fig.5 illustrates the under supporting-piece, showing a plan and edge viewthereof.

Like letters of reference denote correspond ing parts throughout theseveral figures.

The primary object of my invent-ion is to provide a device of theabove-described char acter in which a free circulation of air will bemaintained entirely around the inner containing-vessel, whereby thebutter or other article to be shipped will be kept at a low temperatureduring such shipment or while in storage, thus insuring the preservationof the article and preventing its becoming soft or oily.

.In shipping butter in pails as heretofore constructed no means havebeen provided Serial No. 312,056. (No model.)

represents the exterior casing or jacket provided at its lower portionwith a series of perforations a, arranged circumferentially around saidcasing.

Adapted to be placed within this exterior casing or jacket is the butterpail or receptacle 13, provided around its upper portion with a seriesof perforations Z), said receptacle being of such diameter as to allowan air-space to be formed between the same and.

the exterior jacket. This vessel B is also provided upon the inner faceof the upper portion thereof, slightly below the perforations Z), with acircular ridge or support I). It is also provided with a flanged top N,which registers with and is supported by the flange a, surrounding theinner face of the exterior jacket. This serves to support thecontaining-vessel in its proper position, and as the length of the innervessel is not equal to that of the outer jacket or casing a space isnecessarily formed between the base of said outer casing and the bottomof the receptacle.

A double-headed cover is suitably hinged to the outer casing or jacket,and consists of an upper or outer portion C and a lower or inner portionD. Disposed between these two parts are pillars or uprights E, saidpillars or uprights connecting the two parts by means of rivets orequivalents passing into the same, or, if preferred, they may beprovided with tenoned ends fitting closely into appropriate recesses;and the upper portion is furthermore provided with a series ofperforations o. By thus constructing this cover with an interveningspace between the two sections I form an air-space above thecontaining-receptacle, and thus afford a free circulation of air at thispoint. A series of hasps F depend from diiferent points of thecircumference of the uppersection of the cover, and are adapted tofitover staples G and to be retained by means of keys or equivalents H.The lower section of the cover, when in a closed position, rests uponthe circular ridge or flange b of the containing-receptacle.

By following the course indicated by the arrows it will be seen that airenters firstby the lower perforations a, and, passing beneath the bottomof the inner containing-vessel, rises upward and completely surroundsthe same, and thence passes into the upper chamber formed between thetwo sections of the cover through the medium of the perforations in thetop of the inner containing-vessel, thereby completinga circuit aroundthe same. The air finally passes out of the perforations located in theupper section of the cover, and by this means a continuous circulationof fresh air is maintainedentirely around the article to be preserved,whereby, in the case of butter and the like, the same is kept in a hardand compact form and without danger of any injurious or deleteriousresults from warm weather. When it is desired to remove the contents,all that is necessary to be done is simply to lift the cover, when theinn er receptacle may be conveniently withdrawn.

By my device the necessity of employing ice for cooling the contents isentirely obviated, and which, when so employed, causes soakage orrusting.

While I have mentioned my invention as applicable for the shipment andstorage of butter, still I do not wish to be understood as limitingmyself to its use for that purpose, as it is evident that it. can beemployed with equal advantage for the transportation of dairy products,milk, &c. \Vhen used for the latter purposethat is, as a milk-receptacleI prefer to adopta slightly-modified construction, (illustrated in Fig.at of the drawings,) which, while showing a modified form, yet does notdepart from the broad principle of my inventi oni. 6., providingexterior and interior vessels so constructed and arranged as to form aspace completely around said inner vessel.

It will be seen that this construction differs from the one representedby the other figures of the drawings in providing an under supportingpiece or strip M, which passes beneath the bottom of the innercontaining-receptacle, and is provided with downwardlybent ends m, thesupport proper or horizontal portion M being soldered or otherwisesuitably secured to the bottom of the recep-- tacle, and the turn-downends secured in a similar manner to the inner faces of the era teriorcasing.

The cover for this construction, as in the other case, is constructed intwo sections, arranged, however, on an inclined plane, the bottom edgeof theinner section resting upon a circular ridge or shoulder. Bothsections are provided with a central neck-opening, as plainly indicatedin the drawings, in which the exit-pipe or neck is inserted, said neckbeing provided with the usual stopper. In-

stead of hinging this cover, however, as in the other construction, Iprefer to seal the same by soldering or otherwise securing the edge ofthe lower section of the cover to the annular ridge or flange upon theinner face of the contaming-receptacle, and also soldering the underface of the upper section of the cover, near the edge thereof, to theupper rim of the inner containing-vessel. any reason, it is founddesirable to entirely remove the containing-vessel, all that is requiredis simply to cut the seal or solder at the bottom with a sharpimplement, when the cover and containing-vessel may be removed entire,the solder connecting said vessel and cover holding them securelytogether.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States 1. In a pail for shipping andpreserving butter and other dairy products, the combination, with aninner and outer vessel provided with suitable air-passages, of a coveror lid consistingof two sections suitably conneeted by uprights orpillars, the lower section thereof adapted to fit within the innervessel and to be supported on a plane below the upper rim or edgethereof, and the upper section adapted to cover the outer vessel andprovided with a series of outlet-holes or airpassages, substantially asset forth.

2. The combination of an outer casin g having perforations at itsbottom, and provided at its upper inner face with a surrounding ridge orsupportingshoulder, an inner containing-vessel provided at its top witha circular flange adapted to bear against and be supported upon thesupporting-shoulder of the outer casing, also provided near its top edgewith a series of perforations and on its inner face below saidperforations with a surrounding flange or ridge, said innercontaining-ves sel being of such diameter and length as to form acircular airchamber between the same and the outer casing, and anair-space between the bottom thereof and the basepiece of said outercasing, a double-headed cover or lid made of two sections with anintervening space between said sections, so as to form an upperair-chamber, the upper section thereof provided with a series ofexitopenings, and the depending hasps adapted to fit over suitablestaples and to be secured thereto by pins or keys, substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed mysigna-ture in presence of two witnesses.

HEZEKIAH IIOIVE.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR L. MoRsELL, N. A. ACKER.

If, therefore, for

